Advisory: Advisory: Faculty recommendation for enrollment; if the student intends to use ENGL 1S & 1T combination to satisfy the Foothill General Education Requirement for Area II, English, the student must complete ENGL 1S & 1T. Also, to receive UC transfer credit for ENGL 1A, the student must complete ENGL 1S & 1T, and UC will transfer 5 units maximum for the combination of these two courses; not open to students with credit in ENGL 42S.

Grade Type: Letter Grade Only

Not Repeatable.

FHGE: Non-GE Transferable: CSU/UC

5 hours lecture. (60 hours total per quarter)

Student Learning Outcomes -

Recognize and develop topics and main ideas at the paragraph level

Identify syntactical structures and apply to the editing of writing to achieve sentence variety and maturity.

Description -

Integrated reading and writing pathway that scaffolds instruction in freshman composition outcomes over two quarters, ENGL 1S and ENGL 1T respectively. Over this 2 quarter stretch, students read substantive quantities of college-level texts and write a total of 10,000 words, comprised of a minimum of 10 compositions (7 out-of-class and 3 in-class) to practice the techniques of critical reading, critical thinking, and written communication. Reading focused primarily on works of non-fiction prose, including published and student writing, chosen to represent a broad spectrum of opinions and ideas, writing styles, and cultural experiences.

At least three full-length books (two of which must be single-author, book-length texts and one of which may be an anthology, course reader, or reading/writing apparatus). Texts should primarily be non-fiction, supplemented at instructor's discretion with additional readings, handbook, or dictionary. (NOTE: number of texts described are required over 2 quarters, including ENGL 1S and ENGL 1T)

The following are suggested single-author, book-length texts for the course, representing a range of genres and topics.